And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me,.... He admitted of him instead of his father:and I will do unto him that which shall seem good unto thee; he puts it to Barzillai, and leaves it with him to ask what he would for his son, and he would grant it.
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2 Samuel 19:38
2 Samuel 19:38
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